Critique my shortlist

[ThinkIveBeenHacked]

Bit of a mash up between mine and DHs preferences, surname Cavendish. Middle name likely to be Juliet (not fussed about whether it goes with the FN as I barely use DDs FN amd MN together). DD is Meg (just Meg) if that helps with the critiquing:

Erin
Kate
Olive
Liv
Ivy
Matilda
Evelyn (could I use this without the inevetable Evie nn?)
Petra
Lilian
Nora
Orla
Robyn
Iris
Ruby

Sorry......its not that short yet!

[gingee]

How about Olive and call her Liv?

[DiamondsAndRust]

Erin - OK; no strong feelings either way
Kate - love it, and Kate Cavendish sounds very 'dashing' and competent somehow - like a character from a novel.
Olive - not a fan - bit plain/frumpy
Liv - too abbreviated for my taste
Ivy - cute. Not sure how well it ages though.
Matilda - very nice; becoming very popular though
Evelyn - quite like, but suspect Evie NN is inevitable!
Petra - dislike; sounds too Teutonic and harsh to me. Am probably biased by the fact that my (horrible) old German tutor was called Petra!
Lilian - OK. Prefer Lilia, but not a massive fan of Lily names in general.
Nora - no - another one who dislikes the 'Nor' sound.
Orla - pretty
Robyn - like
Iris - OK. Love the meaning/associations but always sounds a bit harsh to my ears.
Ruby - far too popular for me

My shortlist would be Kate, Ivy, Matilda, Orla and Robyn. Top choice probably Kate. Love Juliet as a MN - and Cavendish is the surname I always longed to have growing up, so lucky you (and DDs!)

[indie123]

Erin- 7/10 nice name
Kate- 6/10 would probably get called Katie alot though. Sounds like a nickname
Olive- 1/10 don't like it sorry
Liv- 1/10 don't like
Ivy- 6/10 alright name
Matilda- 2/10
Evelyn-7/10 nice name can be shortened to eve evie or lyn
Petra- 1/10 no way
Lilian- 5/10 alright name an be shortened to Lily
Nora- 3/10
Orla- 1/10
Robyn- 6/10
Iris- 1/10
Ruby 5/10

[burgatroyd]

Robyn is excellent. Would avoid Ivy as sounds like Evie, Eva, Ava and Evelyn for same reason.

[CPtart]

Love Erin
Like Kate
None of the others, particularly not Ruby, Olive or Matilda

[Spottybra]

I like your choices. You have dd's first and middle names on there.

[ThinkIveBeenHacked]

Should add I am compiling this list based on feeling that this pg is a girl. I have my 20wk scan on Wednesday and will fall over in shock if its a boy!!

[weatherall]

I think meg goes well with Erin, ivy and iris.

[Raskova]

Ha! It'll be a boy then! I was certain DD was a boy. Even still didn't believe when four different scans had said.

Will you let us know what 'it' will be?????

[ThinkIveBeenHacked]

Probably! Then ill need to go through this name game again. Yep, ill update after Wednesday.

Our favourite name for a boy is probably Leo, but its a "mutually agreeable" name rather than an "I love" name.

[Carsandtrucks]

Love Kate. Love Erin

[frames]

Iris. Best of all of options.

[ThinkIveBeenHacked]

Haha well......its a boy!

[FourForksAche]

oh congratulations!

got a name yet?

[ThinkIveBeenHacked]

Absoloutley no clue!

[itfcbabe]

Erin, love it
Kate prefer katie
Olive ok,know a little girl with this name she is beautiful
Liv only as a nn
Ivy yes lovely
Matilda yes lovely again
Evelyn (could I use this without the inevetable Evie nn?) not keen
Petra nope hate it
Lilian love it
Nora very cute for a little girl not sure about a teenager
Orla love it
Robyn love it
Iris love it
Ruby love it was my grandmas name

my favorite's with Meg are Orla,Ivy and Iris

[FourForksAche]

we're on boys names now

[OnlyLovers]

It's a boy?! All this work for nothing .

Leo's quite nice. Do not ask me for name ideas; I like outrageously pretentious boys' names like Cosmo and Lysander.

[ThinkIveBeenHacked]

I know Only will have to give Iris out to someone else to use, am more sad about Juliet! But oberjoyed at boyness.

Ah dh is anti extravagant names. I like Elliot, he says ET. I like Otis, he says Elevators.

I may have to ltb.

[OnlyLovers]

I like Otis, he says Elevators really made me

Yes, LTB.

[ThinkIveBeenHacked]

Ofgs, he has now suggested Jason.

?Facepalm?

[FourForksAche]

at Jason.

How about Fergus?

[Raskova]

I knew it!!!!!!! Congratulations! Someone on my fb found out they were having a boy today... I wonder...

Soooooo, what's the new list???

Does your name begin with s?

[ThinkIveBeenHacked]

Ahhh we havent FBd it yet and no, im a G.

[ThinkIveBeenHacked]

Ok....new list, including mine and DHs preferred names

Travis
Alex
Louis
Harry
Otis
Elliot
Seth